Houston will wear the home whites of the Houston Eagles, a sharp white top with navy blue script and a navy hat.

According to the Negro League Baseball Museum’s website, the Elite Giants (pronounced E-light) settled in Baltimore in 1938 after seasons in Memphis, Columbus, and Washington, D.C. They played in the Negro National League until that league disbanded in 1948, and then moved to the Negro American League, where they won the league title in 1949. The team then fell into financial troubles and moved to Nashville for a season before it folded.

The team had several players eventually make it to the MLB after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, including Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella, 1952 NL Rookie of the Year Joe Black, and 1953 NL Rookie of the Year Jim “Junior” Gilliam. All three played on the Dodgers with Robinson.

Left-hander Matt Taylor is enjoying one of the most under-the-radar strong starts to the season in the Orioles system this year with High-A Frederick, carrying a streak of 15 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run into early May.

No amount of coffee will wake you up from the deep, nightmarish sleep you likely had while thinking about Matt Wieters' elbow injury. But in case that kept you up, blogger Jon Meoli writes the Coffee Companion, where Monday through Friday, he recaps the local sports headlines.